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I imagine most people - especially those not using the Pro models - only care about universal charging. I think I’ve connected my iPhone to my PC for data transfer maybe two or three times since I switched ~six years ago, and even on Android I used network shares and such more often than not.

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I’d agree most people can happily just use WiFi speeds for most tasks, but I’m just shocked that apple would aim to save money or force a product differentiation by using usb2. It’s fairly ancient now.

I wonder if the base A16 simply doesn’t support USB 3 and they weren’t motivated to change that - the 14 Pro/Max last year was still limited to USB 2 after all.

I feel like Qi is really the universal charging standard, but USBC is good too

USB C is definitely more universal, it is used for laptops and peripherals and other random devices. Qi charging is mostly limited to phones and certain phone accessories, which usually also have USB C.

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